Jota 120 - is it a bargain Lothar?

Alzero said:
If it becomes a “Thing” it will only be a Good Thing: more used stock parts taken off and sold to restorers and more engine parts bought to keep the bobbers running. Win-win?
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Takes me back to what my friend Ray Sheepwash, then ILOC chairman wrote in his editorial more than 25 years ago " ride the bikes, it'll keep the spares side of things going".
Nobody listened.
The only plus side is that lack of interest, collapsed prices and the hamfistedness of recent owners will keep the secondhand spares scene going for a while for the benefit of the few riders left.
Paul
 
IAG said:
That market will collapse in 180 days-
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What? 180 Laverda’s, or gold? I’m quite interested in your insite on either. I’ve owned a late mk2 Jota since 1989, and gold investor since 1980,,,,,,mortgage free since 2007 because of gold investment. And heavy involvement today.
 
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Ahem. I've just been reading the last few posts, with a degree of trepidation, and a sense of foreboding about what is to come.
Have noted some of the key words held within, and unlocked a subliminal message aimed at specific bike owners. Here they are : GOLD, LAVERDA and 180.
Owners of 1978 model year Jotas in original hue please take note... 😉
 
SRK189W said:
Ahem. I've just been reading the last few posts, with a degree of trepidation, and a sense of foreboding about what is to come.
Have noted some of the key words held within, and unlocked a subliminal message aimed at specific bike owners. Here they are : GOLD, LAVERDA and 180.
Owners of 1978 model year Jotas in original hue please take note... 😉
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Lucky for me, I painted my '78 Gold Jota...orange, almost.
 

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Seeing that Moto Laverda was a small Italian manufacturer with no Grand Prix history ..... ( pretty essential if you`re going to be considered as a "classic " marque ) ....... then I reckon Laverda values generally hold up pretty well ......

Most buyers with cash to burn are probably more concerned nowadays with looks ........ ( SFC`s and early Triples score well here , although they have tough rivals in the shape of Taglioni`s and Irving`s Vees ... ) ....... hence the price differential ................. and the attraction of a exclusive / obscure brand name ........ Laverda scores well here too ....... " don`t know much about them , but it`s a cool sounding name ... " .........

If you want a nice looking old bike to add to your collection , or to sit in the foyer ........ then what could be better ?


The old Slater Bros advertising line " Who ever heard-a Laverd-a " starts to ring ever more true as the years slip by ...........
 
rocketonarail said:
Seeing that Moto Laverda was a small Italian manufacturer with no Grand Prix history ..... ( pretty essential if you`re going to be considered as a "classic " marque ) ....... then I reckon Laverda values generally hold up pretty well ......

Most buyers with cash to burn are probably more concerned nowadays with looks ........ ( SFC`s and early Triples score well here , although they have tough rivals in the shape of Taglioni`s and Irving`s Vees ... ) ....... hence the price differential ................. and the attraction of a exclusive / obscure brand name ........ Laverda scores well here too ....... " don`t know much about them , but it`s a cool sounding name ... " .........

If you want a nice looking old bike to add to your collection , or to sit in the foyer ........ then what could be better ?


The old Slater Bros advertising line " Who ever heard-a Laverd-a " starts to ring ever more true as the years slip by ...........
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Laverda has an important endurance history, which put Moto Laverda on the map outside Italy, otherwise, we wouldn't be here.
Paul
 
Interesting conversation, all of it, but it adds to my realization that my re-introduction to the world of Laverda is as a witness to the end of an era. Probably a lack of imagination on my part to not see the writing on the wall in advance but before buying another RGS all I could think of was the opportunity to scratch that itch of "unfinished business" from many years ago. I don't have buyer's regret, it is a dream fulfilled and that was uppermost in my mind when I excitedly went to look at this icon from my rose-tinted past with a view to actually buying one again.

However, I am now aware that my enjoyment may be short-lived for reasons completely outside of my control. Never mind the world of Laverda, the world generally is a very different place 24 years on and I seriously wonder how long it will be before we're simply legislated off the roads. That could happen long before we run out of spares! A good incentive to enjoy the bike and this shrinking community as much as possible whilst it lasts! For reasons which we often can't even define these bikes are strangely charismatic; they're fantastic, and so are the people who choose to ride them. World events and the effects of the passage of time will happen despite our worries and protests, so let's just keep fettling and ride and not worry about the price of gold!
 
Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond said:
What i see in the Laverda owners is a steely determination to keep riding as long as possible - with the odd obstacle thrown in the way ! 😁
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As long, yes, but how often and how far?
A few short outings a year on very reliable bikes isn't going to feed the dealers and engineers.
From what I see in France, which together with the Netherlands was the biggest export market for the marque, garages are full of them, not the roads. And some Laverda meetings ressemble a camper van reunion.
Paul
 
I work with young lads who like bikes and cars. They are engineers, most have bikes but even the lads with cars are interested old Jap cars for instance. None of them are just consumers of new products. They are just the same as us.
 
"Takes me back to what my friend Ray Sheepwash, then ILOC chairman wrote in his editorial more than 25 years ago " ride the bikes, it'll keep the spares side of things going".
Nobody listened."
you will be able to revisit that one Paul, at the ladies night in December, since Ray and Christine will be present. I look forward to you taking the piss about making it to very nearly your old house in France (from Kent UK) WITHOUT refilling the engine with oil following a change, remarkable that the motor lasted that long, 200+ miles? but even five years later the thing still stank highly of FIRE, thankfully rebuilt later by Steve Elliot.
CLEM
 
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